The Buffalo
Bridge Center in the Boulevard Mall
in Amherst is starting a new face-to-face game at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays,
beginning June 1, for players with fewer than 100 master points. It will be
held at the same time as the current Thursday game which is limited to players
with fewer than 1,600 points.
Players are welcome
to come without a partner for the Bridge Center's Tuesday and Thursday games.
Partners will be provided.
The Bridge Center is
planning two games for June 24 -- at 10:30 a.m. and 2:15 p.m. -- as part of the
ACBL's Longest Day program, which collections donations for the Alzheimer's
Association.
Meanwhile, the
Bridge Center is holding a party game Sunday, May 21, with refreshments at
11:30 a.m., game at noon. Donated snacks appreciated. Pop and wine available.
For partnerships, call Pat Haynes at 716-202-1155 or email phaynes508@roadrunner.com. The next Sunday party game is June 11.
A 10-week series of
review lessons continues at the Bridge Center, mostly on Wednesdays, but
sometimes on Mondays. Lessons are all at 2 p.m., and continue through June 28.
Fee is $15 per session. Instructors are Fred Yellen, Mike Ryan and Chris
Urbanek. Pre-registration required. Sign up at the club or call 716-280-6114.
To accommodate players
who are out of town, the Bridge Center is offering “Kathy’s Snowbird Game” Wednesday
mornings on Bridge Base Online for players
with fewer than 750 master points. Starting time is 11 a.m. and Kathy Pollack
is director.
Those who have not
played face-to-face at the Bridge Center during the past three years will need
to click on the Competitive line on the Bridge Base Online website, then go to
All Tourneys in the lower left of the page and search for Buffalo. It will be
listed by 9:30 a.m. Those who have never played at the bridge center should
call Kathy Pollack at 716-310-4199 or email BridgeKat@gmail.com to be added to the list of eligible players.
The Bridge Center is
continuing to play its face-to-face game open to all players at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday
and, because the online game is included in the calculations, the face-to-face session
is awarding additional master points.
The club offers
other face-to-face games at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for players with fewer than
1,200 points, at 10:30 a.m. Thursday for players with fewer than 1,600 points
and at 10:30 a.m. Friday open to all players.
Pre-registration is
required for the Friday game. Players should call 716-280-6114 and leave a
message, email Donna Steffan at wsteffan@aol.com or sign up at the club. In-person open games also are held
occasionally on Saturdays and Sundays.
Another virtual game
hosted by the Bridge Center on Bridge Base Online is offered at 7 p.m. Mondays
for players with fewer than 750 points. The Bridge Center also hosts the
Delaware Wednesday game on Bridge Base Online at 7 p.m. Wednesdays. For more
info, visit the Buffalo Bridge Center website or call 716-280-6114.
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Face-to-face play
in non-sanctioned clubs is offered at
the Tonawanda Senior Center on Wednesday afternoons and at the Amherst Senior
Center on Monday and Friday afternoons.
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The East Aurora
Bridge Club has been holding
face-to-face games more than two years. Play begins at 10 a.m. Wednesdays in
the Aurora Senior Citizens Center, 101 King St., East Aurora. Attendance is
generally three or four tables. For more info, email director Dave Larcom at dmocral@verizon.net.
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The Bridge Centre
of Niagara in St. Catharines, Ont., offers
a mix of online games and in-person games at its club in Tremont Square
opposite the Pen Centre shopping plaza off Glendale Avenue.
Face-to-face games,
both open and 499er, are played at 1 p.m. Monday. Wednesday has an open game
face-to-face at 1 p.m. The in-person game at 1 p.m. Thursday is expanded to
include players with up to 750 master points. The club’s other regularly
scheduled games, including a Tuesday night Swiss teams match, continue on Bridge
Base Online. For more info, click here.
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The Rust Belt
Bridge Group, which invites players
from Buffalo, Cleveland and Pittsburgh to play on Bridge Base Online, has
novice games at 9:45 a.m. Monday to Saturday, with open games at 9:50. To visit
the group’s homepage, click this link. For
other info, call Dian Petrov at 716-688-1226 or email dpetrov@roadrunner.com.
The Airport
Bridge Club is linked on Bridge
Base Online with the Alliance Bridge Club, the ACBL’s largest bridge club,
which offers more than a dozen games every day. Anyone who has played at the
Airport Club is automatically a member. For more info, visit alliancebridgeclub.com or call Airport Club manager Bill Finkelstein at
716-603-6943.
The Delaware
Wednesday Club plays on Bridge Base
Online under auspices of the Buffalo Bridge Center at 7 p.m. Wednesday. It’s
limited to players with fewer than 2,000 master points. For info, call Ed
Harman at 716-480-1666 or email eharmon@roadrunner.com.
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Tournament
calendar
2023
Cleveland
All American Regional – Embassy
Suites Hotel, 5800 Rockside Woods Blvd., Independence, Ohio. Tuesday, May 23,
to Monday, May 29. For info, click this link.
Niagara
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Niagara-on-the-Lake
Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. Friday, June 2,
to Sunday, June 4. For players with fewer than 750 master points.
Rochester
Intermediate/Novice Sectional – Temple
B’Rith Kodesh, 2131 Elmwood Ave., Rochester. Wednesday, June 7, and Thursday,
June 8. For players with fewer than 750 master points.
District
5 Sectional Tournament at the Clubs (STaC) – Participating local clubs in Western New York, Western Pennsylvania
and Northeastern Ohio. Monday, June 12, to Sunday, June 18.
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Bridge
club websites:
Click
names for links.
The
Airport Bridge Club does not have a website. For info, call 716-603-6943.
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Duplicate
scores from Bridge Base Online
Week of May 8 to May 14
ACBL
Affiliated Clubs
Buffalo
Bridge Center Monday evening –
0-750 game. North-south, Betsy and Jim Greno, 62.96%; Karen Dearing and Mike
Metzger, 55.09%; Joyce Frayer and Ruth Nawotniak, 53.24%; Michel Dupuis and
Gary Keenan, 52.31%; east-west, Jim and Michael Hassett, 61.57%; Carol Licata
and Larry Himelein, 61.11%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 56.48%.
Buffalo Bridge
Center Tuesday morning – 0-1,600
game. North-south, Jim McClure and Richard McGowan, 59.92%; Violet Makhija and
Laurie Foster, 57.14; (tie) Joanne Nover and David Whitt, Joyce Frayer and Mary
Ball, 54.37%; east-west, Joyce Greenspan and Andrei Reinhorn, 58.33%; Mary
Terrana and Gordon Crone, 55.56%; (tie) Carol Licata and Larry Himelein, Linda
Milch and Susan Cardamone, 53.97%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Tuesday morning –
0-99 game. Jackie Simon and Bill Duax, 61.67%; Dennis Day and Bob Hilburger,
58.33%; Pat Sciandra and Mary Jean Shields, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
Open game. Fred Yellen and Bud Seidenberg, 57.64%; (tie) Linda Burroughsford
and Davis Heussler, Mike Ryan and John Ziemer, 54.86%; Gay Simpson and Martha
Welte, 53.47%; Sharon Benz and Elaine Kurasiewicz, 52.78%; Donna Steffan and Jay
Costello, 51.39%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Wednesday morning –
0-750 game. Laura and John Houghtaling, 59.26%; Fran Schmidt and Terry Camp,
57.41%; Larry Himelein and David Schott, 51.85%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Thursday morning –
0-1,600 game. Mary Ball and Joyce Frayer, 61.11%; Tova Reinhorn and Betty Metz,
60%; Joanne Nover and Bonnie Clement, 56.11%; Richard McGowan and John Marvin,
55.56%; Paula Rosen and Maryann Szafran, 53.89%; Larry Himelein and David
Schott, 53.33%; Marilyn Wortzman and Jim Easton, 52.78%; Sue Neubecker and
Wilson McClaren, 50%.
Buffalo
Bridge Center Friday morning – Open
game. Jay Costello and Bud Seidenberg, 67.71%; Howard Foster and Mike Ryan,
60.42%: (tie) Davis Heussler and Fred Yellen, Nancy Wolstoncroft and John
Marvin, 46.88%.
Bridge Club of East Aurora Wednesday morning – Open game. Sandi England and Ed Morgan, 59.52%; Linda and Paul Zittel, 58.93%; Joan and Bob Ciszak, 51.19%.
Delaware
Wednesday evening – 0-2,000 game. (3-way
tie) Nancy Craige and Ed Maguire, Ed Morgan and Paul Zittel, Walt Olszewski and
Sushil Amlani, 56.67%; Jim Lanzo and Madhav Deshmukh, 53.89%; Maria Schory and
Mike Metzger, 53.33%; Violet and Jasbeer Makhija, 51.11%.
Other clubs
Amherst Senior
Center Monday afternoon – North-south,
Joe Huber and Fritz Schweiger, 60%; Edna and Ron Fill, 52%; east-west, David
Young and Tim Hartnett, 54%; (tie) Judie Bailey and Joan Stankiewicz, Ellen
Lochead and Bill Westley, 52%.
Amherst Senior
Center Friday afternoon – North-south,
Linda Vassallo, 56%; Rolene Pozarny and Joan Stankiewicz, 54%; east-west, Pat
Radtke and Bob Leuthe, 62%; Nina Doran and Dan Blatz, 59%.
Tonawanda Senior
Center Wednesday afternoon – Ed and
Mike Rupp, 65.3%; (tie) Susan and Harvey Lichtblau, Al Miller and Paul
Morgante, 56.9%.
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Unit 116 Master
Point Leaders for Virtual Club Play Online
Jan. 1, 2023, to April 30, 2023
0-5 Points – Brian Fleming, 2.76; Mary Holmes, 1.60; (tie) Jane
Harrington, David Taylor, 0.48.
5-20 Points – Mary Luce, 3.63; Devon Marlette, 2.41; Karen Dearing, 1.24.
20-50 Points – Maria Schory, 6.56; Anne Slater, 5.35; Mike Metzger, 4.95;
Kathleen Voigt, 4.65; Michel Dupuis, 3.83; Jo Ann Smith, 3.17; Phyllis
Stasiowski, 2.54; Maxine Johnson, 1.61; Judy Reich, 1.23; Donna Starnes, 0.57.
50-100 Points –Jim Greno, 11.85; Betsy Greno, 10.85; Cynthia
Tashjian, 9.80; Carol Licata, 8.99; Candace Graser, 8.42; John Houghtaling, 6.76;
Howard Epstein, 6.68; Susan Burns, 4.74; Gary Keenan, 4.92; Elaine Idzik, 3.01.
100-200 Points – Maria Amlani, 8.47; Fran Schmidt, 8.45; Jim Hassett, 5.98;
Judy McDermid, 2.17; Bill Noltee, 1.84; Janie Polk, 0.97; (tie) Betty DeFeo, Joan
Ciszak; 0.84, Faith Lowell, 0.56.
200-300 Points – Kusum Phadke, 44.81; David Schott, 9.67; Laura
Houghtaling, 6.76; Gerry Hooley, 4 even; Bob Ciszak, 3.89; Pat Haynes, 1.91; Joanne
Nover, 1.46; Judith Babat, 1.08; Patty Porter, 0.72.
300-500 Points – (Tie) Bram Hamovitch, Terry Hamovitch, 12.20; Larry
Himelein, 8.96; Ruth Nawotniak, 6.60; Jim O’Hara, 5.62; Jim McClure, 3.44;
Margaret Zhou, 3.29; Audrey Ray, 2.86; Judy Zeckhauser, 0.62.
500-1,000 Points –Jim Lanzo, 27.40; Vic Bergsten, 23.38; Martha Townson,
19.33; Violet Makhija, 15.99; Jasbeer Makhija, 13.90; Joyce Frayer, 12.43;
Richard McGowan, 10.85; Marilyn Wortzman, 5.44; Bonnie Clement, 5.34; Sushil
Amlani, 4.96.
1,000-1,500 Points – Amita Arora, 58.74; Jim Easton, 5.44; Bob Kaprove, 5.33;
Rajat Basu, 3.93; Mary Ball, 3.21; Bert Feasley, 0.98.
1,500-2,500 Points – Gay Simpson, 31.38; Sandi England, 29.14; John Bava, 21.26;
Walt Olszewski, 3.72; Elaine Kurasiewicz, 2.12.
2,500-3,500 Points – Ken Meier, 65.04; Allen Beroza, 16.27; Linda
Burroughsford, 5.68; Dale Anderson, 2.77.
3,500-5,000 Points – Barbara Libby, 17.65; Martha Welte, 6.36; Judy Padgug,
6.22; Davis Heussler, 5.40; Chongmin Zhang, 0.32.
Over 5,000 Points – Saleh Fetouh, 9.32; Jay Levy, 2.11.
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The
Duplicate Bridge column is
compiled weekly by News Staff Reporter Dale Anderson. The print version stopped
appearing Saturdays in The Buffalo News in March 2020 when the pandemic forced
local bridge clubs to halt face-to-face play.
These days you can
find it in two places online. Google “Duplicate Bridge” plus the current
Saturday date and that should bring up a link to it on buffalonews.com, the Buffalo News website. Another place to find it
is on Dale Anderson’s bridge blog at http://newsdupli.blogspot.com/
Deadline for
submission of scores and notices is Tuesday night. Email danderson@buffnews.com or dahotwings@aol.com. Office phone is 716-849-4420.
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A Gold Life
Master, Dale Anderson has career
total of almost 2,950 master points and is still playing primarily online these
days. That doesn’t afford as much drama for his bridge blog as there was in
face-to-face competition, but he occasionally writes about his quest for the
next measure of achievement, Sapphire Life Master (3,500 points), and other
bridge adventures here.
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